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Hymns and Verses found at https://hymnsandverses.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

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We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the website.

In accordance with GDPR law for EU residents:

  1. Data shall be processed ‘lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner’.
  2. Data shall be ‘collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes’.
  3. Data processing shall be ‘limited to what is necessary’ for the purpose.
  4. Data shall be accurate, kept up to date, and corrected.  This applies to entities such as Google and Facebook.
  5. Data shall be kept so it identifies a person ‘no longer than is necessary’.
  6. Data shall be ‘processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security’.

What information do we collect and how is it used?

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. 

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you leave a comment on the Website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you have left comments on the Website, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Media: Images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included may be uploaded to the Website. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources.  For example, you may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile.  If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.  

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Voluntary Information | Information You Provide Us

This refers to information you choose to provide at hymnsandverses.com.  This website has an SSL certificate which activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser.

How and Why we Collect Information

The website collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select.  If you register to download a digital item, sign up for our newsletter, and/or purchase a product from us, leave a comment, or participate in a poll or surey, we collect your information.  We use this information to track your preferences and to keep you informed about the products and services you have selected to receive and any related products and/or services.  As a visitor to this website, you can engage in most activities without providing any personal information.  It is only when you seek to download resources and/or register for services that you are required to provide information.

Voluntarily provided information may include your name, address, email address, billing and/or credit card information etc., which may be used when you leave comments, purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested.

This voluntary information is kept private and used only for the intended purposes requested.  We do not sell, rent, or share email addresses or any other related information to any third parties.

In addition to the server hosting the hymnsandverses.com website, this information may be stored privately on secure servers by the following.

MadMimi.com is the service we use to manage and send our email lists.

Our mailing list requires a double opt-in.  This is for your protection.  It requires both submitting your email address and confirming your wish to subscribe within a message to that email address.

  • New posts by email
  • Special Notices
  • Free downloads
  • Digital products including ebooks

When you sign up for our mailing list or request a digital product, you will receive emails via MadMimi.  The mailing list is stored securely on their server.

To unsubscribe, use the Preferences link at the bottom of any of these email messages.  You can also use the Preferences link to turn off data regarding your email views and clicks.

To be deleted and forgotten, contact [email protected] with the email address used for your subscription.  We can remove you completely from the mailing lists.

Cookies and Web Beacons:

I do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit my site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of my features, such as the FREE Printable Library.

I also use third party advertisements on www.hymnsandverses.com to support my site. These advertisers use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on my site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit my site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to my users based on their visit to my site and/or other sites on the internet. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

More about cookies:

  • Cookies are small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.
  • The cookies cannot identify you.
  • In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics.
  • As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better.
  • However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others.
  • The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser.
  • I suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
  • To opt out of Google Analytics cookies, visit this page at tools.google.com.
  • This page describes how Google uses cookie data from this site.

How your information may be used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website.
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters, blog post updates, and special offers. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries.
  • To provide you with user support.
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website.
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Third-party use of personal information

3rd Party and Affiliate Sites Include:

  • Mediavine advertisers
  • Amazon
  • Skimlinks
  • Etsy
  • Mary and Martha

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – We use this to understand how the website is being used in order to improve the user experience.  Information collected looks at visits to articles on this site, geographical location, pages viewed, time spent on site, and other related details.  The information we collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information.  To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to us, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.

Visitors can opt-out of Goggle Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using Google’s Ad Settings Page.  Users can completely block Google Analytics tracking using Google’s Analytics Opt-Out browser add-on

Facebook – Cookies and pixels are used to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you.  We may also use a cookie to learn whether someone who saw an ad on Facebook later visited our website.

Mad Mimi – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name (if submitted, it is not required) and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to the Mad Mimi/GoDaddy privacy policy for further information. If you would like your view and click information to NOT be tracked, please email me at [email protected] with your request. If you would like to take care of this yourself, click the PREFERENCES button at the bottom of any of my emails.

 

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Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

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Anonymous data

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Publicly visible information

If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.

Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Hymns & Verses is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. Example of Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2kdUDOk

Newsletters/Blog Post Updates/Special Offers

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Rights related to your personal information

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify me at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information I have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].

Amend – You may contact me at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that I erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].

Please note that I may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive personal information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age.  No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the website.  We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.  If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or on or through any of its features/register on the website, make any purchases through the website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.  If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].

Contact information

At any time, please contact me at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy. 

This policy goes into effect on May 25, 2018.